Lately I've been thinking about how it seems like sometimes characters are dumbed down in turn for a rather convoluted plot...I guess this is why some people prefer the Free Time Events or School modes.
It seems that whenever a character tries to drive the plot forward or have importance shifted on them they die in the same chapter. >!Sayaka, Mondo, Kiyotaka, Hifumi, Celeste, Sakura, "Mukuro", DR2 Byakuya, I think Mahiru?... Ibuki, Mikan, Nekomaru, Nagito, Chiaki, Rantaro, Kaede, Angie, Tenko, Korekiyo, Miu, Kokichi, Kaito, K1-B0, Tsumugi are some examples I can think of.!< On the contrary, there's always at least half of the survivors that just feels like they're "floaters". >!Yasuhiro, Toko, and to an extent Aoi, heck maybe even Makoto, sure he solves mysteries but he doesn't really exhibit a bunch of personality outside of that? Kazuichi, Akane, and to an extent Sonia. Himiko, and until the end of the chapter, Tsumugi and K1-B0...?! *< As if these games are written with the plot more in mind instead of the characters... ... somehow. Well, most of the characters.
*I'm not saying any of these characters are automatically bad, I like >!Himiko and Sonia, and I don't think K1-B0/Aoi/Kazuichi are bad either!< but someone else might think the inverse and like >!Yasuhiro, Toko, Tsumugi, Akane, and the like.!<
Is Danganronpa actually a weak series? Is this some kind of drawback to it being a game (that has to be winnable, of course) and not a dedicated Anime/Manga (similar to why a scenario where the blackened actually wins has not happened yet)? Is it possible to make a "magnus opus" Danganronpa game?
Somehow I worry all of the answers are on the negative side of things... Perhaps Danganronpa is a series that gets worse the more you analyze it? Or maybe that's just me. I don't know. I've been looking for some geeky-type story that's good, masterfully constructed for a while now, but it seems like everything I find is filled with nagging flaws. And of course, I can't actually make one myself because I'm cursed ...
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